a sample of 15 critics. Walter Goodman said that Benjamin's directing strategy in the film "seems to have been to paper over the holes in the plot with routine moves from spy shows past, in hopes of making the improbable passable." Roger Ebert awarded the film one and a half stars, suspecting that Poitier and the makers of the film had no idea of how to use a computer, and that "it turns all of the characters into chess pieces, whose relationships depend on the plot, not on human chemistry. Since the plot is absurdly illogical, you're not left with much." Box office It grossed $866,398 on its opening weekend. It went on to make $1.7 million in North America. See also List of media set in San Diego References External links 1988 films 1988 drama films 1980s spy films 1988 thriller films American spy films American thriller films Cold War spy films Films scored by Marvin Hamlisch Films directed by Richard Benjamin Columbia Pictures films Films with screenplays by Bo Goldman Films set in San Diego Films about the Federal Bureau of Investigation 1980s English-language films 1980s American films Films shot in San Diego